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Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals rejects constitutional challenge to Healthcare Act

Via Think Progress: The Fourth Circuit just handed down two opinions ordering that Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s challenge to the Affordable Care Act, along [...]
September 8, 2011 | Posted in: Courts, Health Care | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

ACLU files suit over Choose Life plates

The ACLU announced this morning that it has filed suit against the state over the Choose Life license plates adopted in the regular session this [...]
September 8, 2011 | Posted in: Courts, Health Care, Legislation | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Cost containment

In order for healthcare cost containment to work, you have to actually contain the cost. New report from the State Auditor’s office shows how the [...]
September 7, 2011 | Posted in: Administration, Dispatches, Health Care | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Sea change

This month’s Exile on Jones Street column, published Wednesday July 20 in the Independent Weekly, is about the changes in public policy as a result [...]
July 24, 2011 | Posted in: Columns, DENR, Environment | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Meager job creation, unemployment rate rises

The June jobs numbers are out and they are not good, even though economists expected a big bounce back from May’s dismal report. Non-farm payroll [...]
July 8, 2011 | Posted in: Dispatches, Economy | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Four groins for the coast

Star-News is reporting that a deal has been struck to allow construction of four terminal groins on the coast. Negotiations started with a wide gap [...]
June 9, 2011 | Posted in: Environment, Legislation | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

What she said

Ran into this lady right after the Stand with Planned Parenthood rally. She looked pretty determined. #ncga
June 1, 2011 | Posted in: Current Events, Health Care | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Fracking updates

Lisa Sorg has another piece out on the fracking of NC. This one deals with the lease agreements. He overview story from a few issues [...]
May 27, 2011 | Posted in: Current Events, Energy, Environment, Legislation | Tags: , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink